Johnny Alba at the Oscar Igloo thought that the Tim Burton essentials (atmosphere, art direction, etc.) were top-notch, but that there wasn't much in the acting department besides an "A+ Johnny Depp performance).
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
I'll go out on the limb and say right now that Johnny Depp will win the Best Actor Oscar. He is due, he is well-liked and voters want to reward him, and there really haven't been many buzzed-about Best Actor contenders. (Actually, in general, this year has been a pretty low-key one for movies.)
"What was the name of that cheese that I like?"
"you can't run away forever...but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start"
"well I hope and I pray, that maybe someday, you'll walk in the room with my heart"
Yeah, I'd put a tab on Johnny to win also, considering how "overdue" (I HATE that concept) he is.
...and there really haven't been many buzzed-about Best Actor contenders...
What about Daniel Day-Lewis? The man is a God in Hollywood, and is getting the typical raves for THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
The way I see it, the Best Actor race is going to be between Depp and Lewis.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
That's true, and I still think Depp is the frontrunner.
But if anyone could wrestle the award away from someone who's never won one, who everyone wants to win one, it's Daniel Day-Lewis. I'm just saying.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Ahhh but a lot of those who hate musicals don't seem to mind music videos (which are in themselves mini-musicals in sense). Actually, honestly when I meet a person who says they hate musicals, they've generally only seen two, and they're Oklahoma and Guys and Dolls. I think this will still appeal to a lot of people who claim they hate musicals.
"This ocean runs more dark and deep than you may think you know...I'll be the fear of the fire at sea."
-Marie Christine
But SWEENEY TODD isn't a "music video musical", like CHICAGO and, to an acceptable extent, DREAMGIRLS.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
I was as merely comparing it in that both musicals and music videos tell short stories and feature they're characters/performers singing to tell them. It's not as flashy as the other two, but if anything it's less of what people stereotype a musical as than both Dreamgirls and Chicago.
"This ocean runs more dark and deep than you may think you know...I'll be the fear of the fire at sea."
-Marie Christine